28 August 2003
Progress continues, 7.5 release approachingSee the mailing list archives for information
on new/improved game modules, enhancements to the AI, and more.

7 June 2003
Looking for feedback on Cast Iron LifeIn this mailing
list post, one of the authors of Cast
Iron Life asks people to try out their xconq-based game.

11 January 2001
SDL Interface AddedThere is now a first version of a user interface based on the cross-platform
media library SDL. At the moment this
just consists of a bare map using exactly the same graphics as the other
interfaces, so there's not much special to see yet.

21 December 2000
Xconq 7.4 Available!This release features Hans Ronne's new Tolkien-inspired game "Lord
of the Rings", Keir Novik's "Carrier Battles" and "Coral Sea" game, ability
to see all units in a stack, more flexibility when starting up network
games, better feedback when units can't do things, isometric map display
(Unix only), and many Mac interface improvements. There are also a number
of smaller changes, see the
NEWS file for details.
4 August 2000
Isometric Display WorkingWhile a prototype of isometric display has been in the sources for
some time, it's only recently been made usable. Check out these screenshots!
[The first is from the standard game, the second is a closeup from
the panzer game with a vertical exaggeration of x5, while the third is
the same, but zoomed out, and showing areas not currently under observation.]

12 July 2000
Rewrite of View/Fog-of-War CodeThe current sources in CVS now include an improved version of unit
viewing, that now tracks enemy unit sightings with individual objects.
Not only does this fix a number of longstanding bugs, but now your map
can display a whole stack of enemies, even if you don't have any of your
own units currently viewing the enemies' location.

19 June 2000
7.3.3 Mac Binary Available7.3.3 includes a number of minor Mac-specific patches over 7.3.2.
Download
the Mac binary.

15 June 2000
Xconq 7.3 Available!After more than two years of work, Xconq 7.3 is finally done. The list
of
changes is quite extensive! Highlights include a
rewritten Unix GUI, a Windows port, tech advance types, active independent
units, and Civ-type games.
Download
the sources.

25 April 2000
Snapshot 7.2.97 AvailableFeatures of this snapshot include a much improved NW Europe Campaign
game (nw-europe.g), still more Civ emulation including Trident images from
FreeCiv and per-side research on Macs, plus a host of smaller bug fixes
and interface enhancements.
Download
the sources.

12 March 2000
Tailhook Game ContributedKeir Novik has contributed an impressively detailed game module
tailhook.g,
about carrier operations in the Pacific, 1941-42. Also, a scenario for
the Battle of the Coral Sea, named
coral-sea-th.g.
Thanks Keir!

8 November 1999 Home Page Reorganized!This page now has a table of links and a news section.

29 October 1999
New AI AvailableThe energetic Hans Ronne has introduced the "iplayer", which is a limited-IQ
AI that tells independent units what to do. Mainly this means self-defense,
although the iplayer can get aggressive and come after unwary players.

24 October 1999
Live Independents Now AvailableHans Ronne (hronne@pp.sbbs.se) has just checked in the new independent
side code. Here is how it works: in the Setup Dialog you can now check
"Indeps have AI" (off by default). If you do, the independent units will
come alive and behave just like another side in the game. Right now it
is running under full mplayer control, which means it is very hard to beat
in games where most units start out as independents. There will be a crippled
version of the mplayer later which restricts independent units to local
defense etc.

If you want to try out this feature, he recommends the Roman Civil War.
With live independents, it is more like the "Great Barbarian Invasion"
after a few turns. Playing the intro game with this feature on is rather
tough. The indepside will most likely wipe you out before you even get
to meet the robots.

3 October 1999
Snapshot 7.2.93 AvailableThis snapshot features usable networking for Unix and Windows, and
many AI improvements by Hans Ronne.

31 August 1999
7.2.92 Windows Binary AvailableAfter much hacking and tinkering and fiddling, there is now a working
Windows binary for people to try out. This is a first for me; while Cygnus
has shipped plenty of Windows tools, I generally supervised rather than
getting any of that stuff on my hands. :-) Anyway, there are probably going
to be a lot of things wrong, so let me know what happens. I've only tested
on NT, but 95/98 *should* work (famous last words).
Download
the Windows binary

30 August 1999
Snapshot 7.2.92 AvailableWhat with no snapshots for several months, but lots of CVS checkins,
I'm sure all the non-CVS users have been feeling left out of the development
party! So to remedy that, here's a new snap. I think I've fixed most of
the issues that have been reported. Check out the spiffy preferences stuff,
and the many general interface enhancements.